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September 30, 2014

State government yet to finalise a policy for scientific and regulated mining in Jaintia hills and elsewhereIndustry & Environment unit Centre for Science & Environment New Delhi

Environmental Governance QuarterlySEPTEMBER, 2014

Dear Reader,

We are back with our sixth volume of Environmental Governance Quarterly Newsletter. The newsletter, as you know is focused on environmental regulations and regulators. It covers new and upcoming laws and regulations, changes in the regulatory regime, important environmental litigations and best practices in regulations and its implementation. It also captures news from key environmental regulators and gives critical perspective on important regulatory issues. The purpose of this newsletter is not only to share information, but also to build a community of stakeholders who can push for better environmental governance in the country.

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In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental question: how to allocate high-value natural resources in a fair and transparent manner? An analysis

India is revising the way it manages solid waste. A manual for this, prepared by the urban development ministry, proposes providing legal identity to ragpickers and waste dealers but overlooks certain ground realities

The Ganga is getting political attention. What does it take to clean the river? From Kanpur to Varanasi, the river's most polluted stretch, a journey made to understand why the pollution is so persistent while SUNITA NARAIN suggests ways to clean it.

Given the election season in larger part of the last quarter, and transition into a new government, the accordance of green clearances by the union Ministry of Environment and Forests has followed a relatively slow pace.

Countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. The deposits on the ocean floor are enormous and the ecology of this largest habitat on earth, unexplored. The high seas are also global common property that demand an equitable distribution of their riches. How will deep sea mining impact the ecology and shape the mechanism to share common resources?

Kolkata and Mumbai are among the most flood-prone Asian megacities in the world and must invest in water-smart planning and development, says new report which sets the tone for the forthcoming UN-Habitat report

September 15, 2014

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